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Old-fashioned Filled Cookies
Author/Submitted by:
Cooking from Quilt Country by Marcia Adams
Servings: 36
Categories:
Cookies
/
Desserts
Ingredients: 3 1/2
cups
Unbleached flour 2
teaspoons
Baking powder 1
teaspoon
Salt 2/3
cup
Butter,
softened
3/4
cup
Brown sugar 3/4
cup
Granulated sugar 2
Eggs 1/3
cup
Milk 1
cup
Brown sugar 1 1/2
cups
Raisins,
up to 1 3/4 cups
1
cup
Water 1
teaspoon
Lemon juice 1
dash
Salt 1
tablespoon
Cornstarch 1 1/4
teaspoons
Cornstarch 2
tablespoons
Water 1/2
cup
Chopped nuts 1
cup
Brown sugar 2
tablespoons
Flour 1
piece
Salt 1
cup
Water 1
cup
Chopped dates 2
teaspoons
Grated orange peel 1/2
teaspoon
Nutmeg 1
cup
Chopped nuts
Directions:
Prepare the cookie dough first. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together; set aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars thoroughly. Add the eggs, milk and vanilla; beat at high speed for 2 min. Lower the speed and add the flour mixture gradually. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours. To prepare the raisin filling, grind the rasins. You should have 1 cup of ground raisins. In a medium saucepan combine raisins,brown sugar, water, salt and lemon juice. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 min. Combine the 2T of water and cornstarch, use to thicken the raisin mixture. when cool stir in the nuts. To make the date filling combine the ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes breaking the dates with a spoon. Remove from heat, cool then add the nuts. Roll out the dough on a floured surface until thin (1/8 in).Cut into 2 3/4 inch rounds with a cookie cutter. Place the rounds on a oiled cookie sheet. Place a heaping ts of filling mixture on the cookie round, top with another round, crimp the edges closed. Bake at 350 F. for exactly 8 minutes. The cookies will be pale yellow. Allow cookies to remain on cookie sheet until almost cool.
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